Delivering to you unforgettable culinary experiences

Let’s make your next event famous

Aaron May – Adam Allison – Ashley Goddard – Jeff Kraus

Our portfolio of venues offers discretion and customization impossible to achieve in most restaurants. Enjoy a five-star dining experience for your next business meeting, corporate event, launch, milestone birthday party, or anything in between.

You can have the opportunity to tap into your creative side, working spoon-to-spoon with our Chefs. Your culinary experience can be anything from a corporate team-building day to a fantastic five-course tasting dinner in one of our venues. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

SPEV brings chefs from the world’s top restaurants to host intimate dinners in unique spaces.

Events include collaborative cooking demonstrations, Celebrity Chef book signings, Q&A gatherings, cuisine and wine pairings, five-course tasting menus, and more. All program features can be tailored to fit our client’s goals, including location (we have 14 private venues), menu, theme, branding, décor, gifts, and the ability to ensure a successful event. People can leave with mementos such as autographed cookbooks, signed recipe cards, and branded aprons or cutting boards to ensure a memorable event. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

Our Curator, Robert Defibaugh

We create a working environment where individuals can express themselves through their food and their interpretation of menus that we custom-create to make the customers’ experiences unique and memorable. I just stumbled into the catering business. Felt there was space and zero barriers to entry- I worked for a few other catering operations and learned a lot.

We interview our clients separately and find out about their previous experiences with food and what made memorable experiences for them- and use that information to create a new a different experience so they can be proud to present themselves through our catering and food service. Every day has different locations, new menus, and new chefs. It’s my job and focuses on making it smooth, anticipating what could go wrong, and having an alternative solution. I’m fortunate to have some great employees who prioritize every customer. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

I’m incredibly proud of the team that we have put together at United Catering. Most recently, we were chosen by Tony Robbins’ team as a brand leader and were offered a free seminar led by his lieutenant for us to understand that it’s progress that creates excellence and that change doesn’t necessarily produce any fruit without progress. At United Catering and the Legion, my focus is on quality ingredients. The techniques that my chefs utilize are sound. Therefore, it’s all about using unique ingredients and service execution to make the food stand above. I’m most proud when my staff takes each event as seriously as I do; we recognize that events are about people and that the food is secondary yet still important. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

Love Aaron May us too, so let’s see what he can cook up for your next event. 

Chef Adam Allison is one of Arizona’s most versatile chefs.

 

From starting a variety of food trucks to opening his flagship location, Handlebar Dinner, Chef Adam has proved he can cook in any kitchen. That talent even scored him a win on Food Network’s infamous show, Chopped. Le Cordon Bleu, Legendary Food Trucks, Successful Brick and Mortars, Food Network’s Chopped, Multiple Super Bowls, Feeding the Community… These are just a few of the highlights. Chef Adam Allison has been in the Restaurant business for over 20 years and is currently the Chef Owner of Handlebar Diner and Brightside Burgers. Chef Adam Allison has been in the Restaurant business for over 20 years and is currently the Chef Owner of Handlebar Diner and Brightside Burgers. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

He is also a Food Network Chopped Winner, has owned several successful food trucks, has cooked at The Masters, and multiple Super Bowls with Guy Fieri and Aaron May, and is a private Chef to Celebrities and Professional Athletes. Chef Adam’s passion for all things culinary is rivaled only by his focus on enriching his community. His charity work providing lunches for local children during the pandemic was recognized by Phoenix Magazine, and he is currently spearheading several events in the fight against cancer. Chef Allison focuses on locally sourced ingredients prepared with his signature fusion of traditional southern and southwestern flavors but has a comprehensive culinary skill set allowing him to create a wide range of custom menus.

 

Jeff Kraus of Crêpe Bar in Tempe is one of Arizona’s most vibrant and innovative chefs.

Jeff Kraus drove into the restaurant industry with Phoenix’s first farm-to-table street food concept, Truckin’ Good Food. His mission to ‘responsibly feed the streets’ inspired a movement that changed Phoenix’s landscape for market vendors and street food. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

Since the food truck, Chef Jeff opened a fast-casual breakfast concept named Crêpe Bar. The multi-award-winning restaurant was named the best new restaurant, restaurant, and chef of the year and won the most innovative dish of the year.

Chef Jeff has taken his unwavering focus on using local ingredients, respectful cooking, and building relationships to help develop other independent businesses and non-profits around the community. For his dedication to hospitality and supporting locals, the City of Tempe issued a proclamation declaring August 9th the Jeff Kraus & Crêpe Bar day. Curated Celebrity Chef Experiences

Chef De Cuisine: Ashley Goddard

Ashley Goddard, she has a special relationship with uneaten food. First, she appeared on the Chopped episode “Leftover Takeover” with two other Phoenix chefs, Michael Compean of Scapegoat Beer and Wine and Rich Hinojosa of CRUjiente Tacos. Competitors were challenged with rescuing foods that would have otherwise been tossed or left to rot in the fridge. “Everything was important, nothing gets thrown away, everything gets used,” she says of those days.

“Being raised on a farm like that just gives you a new perspective on food.” That outlook revolves around utilizing everything she can because “Somebody has to put in all of this work to put these things on the table for us.” I’ve expressed before that I believe dining out should be an experience, especially with the increasing impulse to order takeout. Going out to eat should only be done when it’s guaranteed to be worth it.